heavy periods after thermachoice

heavy periods after thermachoice

Hi has anyone else suffered from heavy periods after their treatment.I had my ablation done on 03/15/2010, and am now on my second period since having the procedure done, and they both have been heavier and long than before.I had it done at my local hospital here in manchester in the uk.Any help would be grateful.

Your question is kind of hidden in here, you might want to take it over to the discussion portion of the site.

To answer your question, we do sometimes see a 1st and 2nd period that are as heavy or heavier than pre-ablation. Some women take 3-6 months to really show improvement, and we have had one report of a woman who only had improvement after 1 year. So it doesn't necessarily mean that your ablation has failed.

I would talk to your dr about this, but they may want to see how your next cycle goes before doing anything. Sometimes they want to bring you in for tests (often an ultrasound).

Hi there please helpI had endometrial ablation done 14 june 2011 at poole hospital, i'm 30 years old had two children one by c section and then other by normal delivery no pain relife also i was sterilised after the last child. I am no strainger to pain but the operation recovery was something else, i came round and it was horrible, i ended up haveing ormorph then anti sickness injections as it made me feel so poorly. I used over the counter pain relife for nearly two weeks after the operation as didnot feel well at all. The bleeding was the discharge, browny, redy colour they said it would be. just before i got to three weeks after the operation i ended up with bloody, tissue lyining like clots being passed, i went to the doctors and they put me on anti boicits incase of a secondary infection. I finished taking these on 10 july 2011 but then started bleeding proper red red blood that day, the cramps are horrible and much much worse than normal and the bleeding is now heavier too, this would be the time i should be having a period and looks like i am!!!!! i feel totally horrible i needed this operation so badly like we all do really to go this far, i was asking friends to collect my children from school before the op as was scared i would flood through ect and now it seems like i have had a 4 week process for nothing. I just wish i'd gone for a hysterectomy but wonder if i'd be allow because of my age - but at the end of the day this is no life for me or my children or my husband come to that so you never know?

can anyone help, give suggestions or advise please i'm so low i just need somethin to hang on to and i need to be able to say when my children ask "when will you get better mummy" an answer!!!

I'm 29 and my doc is willing to do a hysterectomy on me if I choose to go that route (although I am choosing to try the ablation first). I have one child and we're done (my husband had a vasectomy 6 years ago). But there are potentially huge risks associated with that too so just make sure you are informed. And it will depend on your doctor and insurance on whether or not they would be willing to do a hysterectomy on you or not. But if it's something you wnat to look into I'd definitely say to speak with your doctor regarding it.

Hi, kelwillis. It sounds like you have had a rough go of it. Unfortunately, despite what some doctors tell you, ablation does not guarantee you will never have another period. There are some women who have two or three periods post ablation that are as bad as, if not worse than, before the ablation. Sometimes the method they use will give different results as well. I have read here (and found from my own experience) that it can take up to six months before you get good reliable results. I had six weeks of discharge after my ablation including two full periods (one five days after the ablation right on schedule). However, within six months I had gone from fifteen day periods where I was soaking through a super tampon and overnight pad every 45 minutes with clots the size of eggs, to a five day period where I really only need junior tampons for three days and regular tampons for two. It should get better.

If you can be patient for a couple more months, track your cycle. Track how many days the period lasts, how heavy it is, how many days between periods, etc. This will allow you and your doctor to determine what your next step is. I really hope it settles down soon for you. I put up with the horrible periods for four years, convinced it was due to stress (my mom was ill, work was very demanding) as well as just getting older. How I wish I had found out about ablations a lot sooner.

As Jeri said, it can time for your final pattern to emerge; so track your cycles....things definitely could improve. That said....as you can see below, my cycles DID improve somewhat BUT I had 2-3 days of heavy bleeding still. I waited 5 cycles, & ended up w/ a hysterectomy in June.

Give yourself some time.....

1st PAP: much worst than before my ablation in duration; the bleeding was less & no clotting. I bled for 12 days and 8 of those days were very heavy (changing a super plus tampon EVERY hour). Started 28 days after my ablation

2nd PAP: BETTER than PAP #1. I only bled for 8 days, spotted for 6. Two days of heavy bleeding (day 4 was heavy, changing super plus every hour and day 5, I was able to go 2-3 hours between changes) Started 34 days after PAP #1

3rd PAP: About the same as #2. Mostly spotting until day 4 & 5 which was heavy (changing super plus every 2 hours, so a bit of improvement!) then very light spotting day 6 & 7. Started 28 days after PAP #2

4th PAP: BIG suprise. Spotting day 1. Day 2 & 3 I had heavy bleeding (changing a super tampon every 2 hours). Figured day 4 would be heavy due to history so changed to a super plus tampon and was able to go 3+ hours between changes. Day 5 was mostly spotting. Started 27 days after PAP #3...seems as if my periods are getting closer together.

5th PAP: No spotting. Day 1 moderate bleeding. Day 2-4 heavy bleeding (changing a super plus tampon every 2-3 hours). Day 5 I was able to go 3-4 hours between changes. Day 6 spotting. (started 27 days after PAP #4)